While it may seem strange to regard ethical theories that apply Kant’s CI as “consequentialist”, it’s even stranger to call them deontological, because there is no deontic-like “rule set” they can be said to following;
It certainly is strange even if it is trivially possible. Any ‘consequentialist’ system can be implemented in a singleton deontological ‘rule set’. In fact, that’s the primary redeeming feature of deontology. Kind of like the best thing about Java is that you can use it to implement JRuby and bypass all of Java’s petty restrictions and short sighted rigidly enforced norms.
It certainly is strange even if it is trivially possible. Any ‘consequentialist’ system can be implemented in a singleton deontological ‘rule set’. In fact, that’s the primary redeeming feature of deontology. Kind of like the best thing about Java is that you can use it to implement JRuby and bypass all of Java’s petty restrictions and short sighted rigidly enforced norms.